Daughter of Fortune
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780006552321 (0006552323)
Publish date: April 1st 2008
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 419
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Magical Realism,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American
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